Monster no Goshujin-sama

18 - Yona Iino Perspective

"Just the three of us tried to attack the coma forest...?

I snapped stunned.

The place is a village house.

About an hour had passed since Kazu-kun and I were reunited.

Across the street from the table, Mr. Elener has a quiet gaze over here.

I was just getting Kazu-kun to tell me about the incident.

"Oh, such an idiot..."

I lost my mind knowing the facts I hadn't anticipated.

Kazu-kun and the three of you caused all of this.

False brave men did not exist.

Speaking of which, the real brave man was a member of the Leaving Group.

"Can't you believe it"

"Honestly, it's hard to believe"

And I dropped my lid, and breathed with my shoulders wide.

"But... I guess it's true"

"You're calm. It helps that you can believe it."

"No. It's nice of you to talk to me."

If you think about it after the circumstances were thus revealed, surely the existence of a false brave man could have been a terribly vague one.

In the first place, what was it that you were judged to be a phony?

Nothing, I'm not hustling that the person in question is a phony.

The man who named the brave man was considered a phony because only 'great harm has been done'.

If it was real, it was thought that couldn't have happened.

Conversely, it would mean that even if it was real to be there, even if it was damaged, they would think it was a phony.

I thought, "Kudo Lu decided that the brave man who stayed in the village was a false brave man," but this meant that he had only hit half.

However, 'I made the Kazu-kuns false brave' was' their own deed '.

Indeed, as he said, Kudo Lu was completely irrelevant to the pseudo-brave themselves.

"How could you do such an unscrupulous thing..."

And I almost noticed.

"... no. Well, Kazu-kun and I didn't know it was a mess. Because I've never lost before."

Though I am proud to say that even the expedition has the highest class fighting ability, the truth is that I have experienced three defeats and failures since I came to this other world.

One thing about this one.

Before that, I had an affair with Mashima.

The first time was right after we moved to this other world.

In particular, the first time was quite close to what Kazu-kun and the others had caused.

As a result of the scattered exploration of the surrounding area, the monster was encountered, and the hustle and bustle caused the chain to call the monster, threatening to perish.

In doing so, the leader took the lead and put everyone together, and the event also inspired the formation of the expedition...

If you were an early member then, you wouldn't have done anything like this one.

Because they know things are possible that are beyond their power.

But, unfortunately, Kazu-kun and the others weren't.

No. Is this different?

Early members who overcome that danger immediately after the transfer tend to have a strong sense of belonging to the expedition.

That's probably because of what happened.

Conversely, many members who have left the expedition have joined the expedition since later.

For that reason, the majority of the leavers had never experienced a truly dangerous situation.

For example, the journey as the First Expeditionary Corps is.

It was not that there was no difficulty in crossing the sea of trees where the monsters trekked across the bend and reaching Fort Ebenus.

But if you were asked if you'd ever hit hard enough to be ready to die, you'd have to shake your neck to the side.

Of course, that's not a bad thing.

There can't be.

However, the fact is that Kazu-kun and the others continued to run smoothly.

Without any obstacles, without fail, without stopping and thinking.

As I ran, my speed increased, and when I fell, it was fatal.

"But there's no such thing. Then no one... will be saved"

Both Kazu-kun and the people of the village.

There was not a single person who was malicious.

And even more so, reality is innocuous.

As much as you want to block your ears.

No matter what, I can't do that.

"... Mr. Elener"

There was something I had to be sure of.

"Cases like this one, it's not like this is the first time..."

"None."

I felt like I was being squeezed in the heart.

"Four similar cases have been confirmed. Not all of them, of course, are the result of an attempt to attack the coma forest."

"Four cases..."

Distracted.

There are actually more possibilities for just four confirmed cases.

That doesn't seem to be the number of people who just challenged the Coma Forest, but the same thing if it's the result of inadvertently heading for a monster crusade.

I held on to my temples, which have been sore ever since.

"... then Mr. Elener and the others were protecting us all."

"It's not such a big deal. It is only the Snake Rocks who actually saved Kazu-sama. All we can do is help you brave men."

Mr. Elener shook his head quietly.

"Besides, we weren't able to protect all the brave men who visited the land."

"... I knew you were"

In this case, Yutaka Kishi and Yoshihiro Takai are losing their lives.

They seemed to have fallen into the hands of Kudo Lu, but some would have been killed by monsters.

In that regard, Kazu-kun was lucky.

At least, only my life was saved.

Though my mind was different.

Kazu-kun, who fled the coma forest with his life, returned to the vicinity of the village and said he was fighting monsters until the end of the line.

But many were passive and exhausted.

So he noticed the Snake Rocks who showed up in the village with the Cathedral Knights and fled.

Not from a monster.

I ran away from people's eyes.

- I'm not a brave man! I'm not a brave man...!

That word aside, I didn't want to say I was a fake brave man.

Just as the words say, I denied that I was any brave man to save people.

I'm sure he couldn't afford it.

Seeing as the confusion, it was clear that his heart had been shattered.

"What are you going to do with Kazu-kun"

"I plan to escort you to the Imperial City. Other brave men have taken similar measures and are currently undergoing mental and physical treatment. Everyone was in no different condition than Kawatsu-sama earlier."

"Whatever your body is, what can your mind do about it? Or if you can do something with magic, the expedition is full of kids who are good at magic. We'd better rendezvous..."

"You cannot magically heal the wounds of your heart completely. No. Technically, you may use magic to calm your mind or introduce sleep, but there is nothing to heal your mind in magic itself."

"Uh... do you mean that magic is only a tool? Because, I see. Surely, there is nothing we can do."

We're just students, more than we can use the paranormal means of magic.

We'll have to leave it to the experts.

"I understand your story."

I nodded and frowned.

"But let me ask you just one question. Why were you protecting everyone in secret? I don't think Mr. Gordon knew either."

Mr. Elener, for a man who knew the circumstances concealed it, I had to haunt him and his head about the false braves.

Same thing happened to Mr. Gordon.

... should be.

If I knew and kept quiet, I was a little shocked.

"Yes, not even Knight Gordon has informed me"

Delightfully...... Mr. Elener did not deny this matter.

"The Snake Rocks and the knights who are acting with them don't know about this one either. This matter has been decided to be dealt with by us, a very small part of the First Unit of the Diocese Knights. As much as possible, the truth needed to lay low."

"What do you mean?

"With all due respect, the upper management seems to have decided that this one case is too bad for the outside world"

"For those kids, you mean?"

"Of course, there's that too. But more importantly, the impact on people cannot be ignored. If we find out that a brave man has been defeated by a monster, and even a few settlements have disappeared, we are at high risk of fostering social insecurity."

"Yeah? Is it social anxiety? That's it..."

"I do."

To me a little, Mr. Elener told me only with a serious face.

"At the edge of the line, our lives are established. Especially the power on the front line just keeps wearing off while the braves are away. Morale collapse can lead to front-line retreat."

"Is that it..."

The story was too big and all I could feel was a big deal.

Nevertheless, it does. If there is any negative impact because of us, measures should be taken.

In fact, it is the lives of soldiers fighting on the front lines that are lost.

Mr. Elener went on to explain lightly.

"The glory of the brave must not be flawed. I just couldn't hide the fact that the village was actually devastated. So rumors of fake braves that were already circulating were used. It was not the brave, it was the fake of the brave."

"Is that what happened?"

I sighed deeply.

... What we're doing is covering up the facts.

To be honest, I don't feel like frowning.

Nevertheless, I have bored the facts and there is nothing to gain just because things get worse.

This is also for the Kazu-kuns.

It was not something I could say.

"If you understand, I'd love to."

Mr. Elener bows his head quietly.

Thus did I know the truth concerning the false brave.

That day, we were to stay in the village.

Mr. Elener and his men have taken Kazu-kun and have already left the village.

I joined Mr. Gordon and the others late, but I pulled myself into the room because I was ill.

In fact, it was badly worn out in the daytime battle, so it's not like it's a whole lie.

However, in one way or another, it was a greater reason for wanting to be alone.

I needed a little time to digest the facts I was informed about.

The journey to ascertain about the rumors of the false braves is over.

I have come to the truth.

There is no use for this land anymore.

Tomorrow, I was going to leave the village.

Heading there is the Macro-Lynn Frontier Uncle Territory.

So we have to rendezvous with the expedition and tell the leader the facts obtained in this land.

Nevertheless, you can take your time tonight or so.

And when I turned off the lights of the night, I brought a chair to sit by the open window.

I put a cheek wand on the window frame and looked up at the sky.

Doing so brings to mind unprofitable thoughts.

How did Kazu-kun and the others end up like that?

There was no place for people's malice in this case.

Instead, good intentions led to tragedy.

I did not know how to take that fact, and I held my breasts.

I had myself badly upset.

I thought if it was malicious, I should crush it.

Because it is the power for it that dwells in me.

But what can I do about something that isn't?

I felt kind of terribly unstable.

I sighed - so I narrowed my eyes.

In just a moment, consciousness was switching to something of an emergency.

"... are they watching?

I felt my gaze.

I looked around and there was no shadow.

The sight of the village at night is just spreading.

It's also modern Japan, where late-night shops are the norm, and no one is walking outside at this hour.

Conversely, it also means that the Lord of this gaze is hiding himself and watching me...

"... there."

It took some time, but I felt signs of people in the bushes a little further away.

Suspicious.

A normal girl would be a scene to be scared of.

But I put my foot on the window frame at once.

Drag it out, get it.

I had decided to do so immediately.

Seeing this one's behavior, the signs in the bush shook.

But it's late.

"Ha."

I packed my distance on one leg.

It was the next moment.

"Wow."

A little bit to the brilliance that bounced back the moonlight.

The spear tip jumped out of the bush.

It was a sharp blow.

No matter how easy it is, I won't eat it.

And I kicked my spear, and thrust the man in the bush.

I frowned.

I was going to pop it with a lot of force while I was being modest, but I can't help it.

Apparently, he was diverted.

The shadow of being driven out of the bush rose as soon as he took his passive.

Slightly small, but probably male.

Perhaps because his face was hidden in a hooded jacket that was softly worn all the way to his head.

Besides, I cover my mouth with cloth.

Make it look like it, make it a move earlier, it was clear it wasn't just a villager.

Better yet, if you know how to fight, it's not until you've dealt with it quite as well.

I pulled out my lower back sword.

I'm not feeling well because I was so impotent during the day, but yes, I'm not going to take it from you.

But where I tried to fly, the stop went in.

"Wait."

The man in the hood was pointing his hand at us.

"I am not the enemy. I'm just here to talk."

"What did the suspicious do?"

As I said, I thought it was a little odd.

"Calm down, please."

The voice of such a man was unnaturally low.

Apparently, he's making a voice.

It's called hiding your face, I guess you're hiding who you are.

Or... a moment later, I also thought you might know him.

It wasn't that there was a basis.

Somehow, when I thought about it, I just felt like my voice sounded familiar.

Maybe it's my fault.

If you're close to someone, you'll just know, so at best you've met them to some extent.

If you look at my face, you'll see.

"I'm just here to talk, right? You want me to trust people who don't even show their faces?

"I have a situation."

"If you think that will work..."

"No hostility. Whatever, let's get rid of the weapon."

Quick to say, but the man in the hood let go of his spear lightly.

Raise your hands.

"I just want to talk."

"Mm..."

Exactly, I was tempted to unilaterally attack the disarmed opponent.

If you knew this was going to happen and you threw away your weapon, would you still know me?

"If you don't want to hear it, that's still good. It's just that this is about the same metastasizer you are."

As he slammed through my gap hesitating, the man in the hood said.

"Talk about involving us...?

The word was also a reminder to me of the attack.

"That's right. If you're interested, keep your hands shut."

……

The man in the hood is rational, though the suspicious part comes to pass.

He also says there are circumstances.

Alternatively, it may have been due to the previous troubles with Mashima passing the back of his brain.

Dialogue is important.

Though I did not lift my guard, I drew my sword.

"Thanks"

"I'm just listening. I didn't trust you."

"That's all I need"

I told him it was pizzy, but the man never got worse.

Somehow, but the kind who doesn't care.

I snarled my nose.

"So, what are we talking about?

"Before you do, let me confirm one thing. Do you know who the fake brave man is?

……

I felt my eyebrows jump tingly.

I told you I was going to talk to you, but I didn't know you were going to ask me this first, I'm a good nerve.

Nevertheless, we can't even talk about it here.

"I know. Are you the one who knows?

"There is no such thing as a fake brave man. It's a naturally occurring rumor. Part of it is used by the Cathedral Knights to hide the faults of real braves"

It's not worth mentioning back.

I've been answered rashly.

Really, who is it?

I can't believe I finally told you the facts I was able to know as a matter of course.

To be honest, it's frigid.

Though those doubts might have appeared on his expression, the man didn't look concerned either.

"You know this far too, don't you?

"Yeah. What's wrong with that?"

"Then we talk fast. Actually, one of your metastasizers is in a bad situation."

"A bad situation?

It seemed to me that it was not very calm.

It's not the kind of information you can miss.

"And who's the same metastasizer as me?

It was an unexpected name that returned to me when I asked.

"Takahiro Mashima. You know that, right?

"What? Mashima?

I understood the meaning of the word after a beat late.

"Hey, wait a minute! What's wrong with him?

At that moment I had forgotten the doubts I had about the man in front of me.

When he saw me asking at the beginning, for the first time the man showed me how he had eaten.

"Ah, oh. I'm in a very bad situation..."

As always, I can't see my face in the hood, but the voice has a dark color of surprise.

"What. Are you close to Takahiro Mashima?

"And I'm not close. That one."

"... right"

There was only a few moments, like thinking.

but the man immediately broke his mind and held his mouth.

"Fair enough. There's more to talk about now than that."

There was something hooked up with that way of saying it, but you're certainly right about what you're saying.

I urged ahead.

"What happened to Mashima?

"You know the name of Macro-Lynn Borderline Uncle. It is the largest nobleman in the southern part of the empire. Uncle Takahiro Mashima sent his army in a false brave crusade. It's been over a month now."

"Hey... what's that? Mashima is a transferee. I'm not a phony."

"Oh. Right. But you know you could've done that already."

"It's..."

I knew right away what you were talking about.

The reality of the fake brave was that he was a real brave man.

For example, it is possible that the one in Mashima would be mistaken for a false brave man.

Instead, he may have eaten just about a fake brave riot.

I knew I was in a position to be easily misunderstood.

I guess the active use of false brave rumours by the diocesan knights also turned out to have affected the bad direction.

"I got the story. Thank you for taking the time to tell me."

You seemed right to decide to listen.

Mashima is a nasty one, but he's one of those people I've come to this world with.

You can't leave me alone.

"Uncle Borderline is now on his own territory. If you want to take the lead, you should talk to the person who gave the order. Your feet will make it."

The last time the man said that, he picked up the spear and disappeared into the dark at night.

In the end, the identity remains unknown.

I didn't even know what I was thinking until the end.

Still, it's not like the facts you told me will go away.

Whether it was merely a bona fide third party or something intentional, what I would do would not change.

Unfortunate misunderstandings and mistakes.

Only a man who knows the truth can solve it.

I clenched my fist.

As usual, he was ill, but his strength was returning to his core.

Earlier the next morning, I began to travel at full speed towards the Border Uncle.